Worries of the heart widows, family, and community in Kenya
Everyday life -- Western Kenya, 1880-1902 -- Feeble little lads looking for food -- "What harm can an old dry bone do?" -- Lessons in practical Christianity -- Living "in line" -- The impact of gold mining -- Land conflicts in the 1930s -- Family life -- Educating "progressi...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Chicago, IL u.a.
Univ. of Chicago Press
c 2007
Bristol University Presses Marketing c 2007 |
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Widows
> Social conditions
> Women
> Families
> Kenia
> Witwe
> Familie
> Soziale Situation
> Kenya
> Family
> Colonial influence
> Geschichte 1900-2000
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Everyday life -- Western Kenya, 1880-1902 -- Feeble little lads looking for food -- "What harm can an old dry bone do?" -- Lessons in practical Christianity -- Living "in line" -- The impact of gold mining -- Land conflicts in the 1930s -- Family life -- Educating "progressive" sons -- The burden of "progressive" sons -- Cash, cows, and bridewealth -- Domestic education at the girls boarding school -- Moral panic -- Wife beating -- Postcolonial promises -- Citizenship and land rights in postcolonial Kenya -- Rural widows, city widows, and the fight for inheritance |
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| Beschreibung: | Everyday life -- Western Kenya, 1880-1902 -- Feeble little lads looking for food -- "What harm can an old dry bone do?" -- Lessons in practical Christianity -- Living "in line" -- The impact of gold mining -- Land conflicts in the 1930s -- Family life -- Educating "progressive" sons -- The burden of "progressive" sons -- Cash, cows, and bridewealth -- Domestic education at the girls boarding school -- Moral panic -- Wife beating -- Postcolonial promises -- Citizenship and land rights in postcolonial Kenya -- Rural widows, city widows, and the fight for inheritance. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Formerly CIP |
| Beschreibung: | XIII, 256 S. Ill., Kt. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780226554204 978-0-226-55420-4 9780226554198 978-0-226-55419-8 0226554198 0-226-55419-8 0226554201 0-226-55420-1 |